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The Defense Logistics Agency contributes to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Navy Supply Corps Newsletter

| July 01, 2003 | Brown, Susan Declercq; Rhodes, Phyllis | COPYRIGHT 2003 U.S. Department of the Navy, Supply Systems Command. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Any military campaign is successful because of four things: trained warriors, ammunition, food and fuel. Without those four things it would be difficult to succeed. The Defense Logistics Agency provides two of the four: food and fuel.

In support of OIF, DLA's Defense Supply Center Philadelphia has shipped more than 30 million individual menu bags of Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs). If laid end-to-end, these MREs would span the Continental United States twice.

DLA's Defense Energy Support Center has provided over 1 billion gallons of petroleum and lubricants in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. And there is more.

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